I have seen 2 passenger manifests this week which have the words "Hebr Jarg" written in the column for Mother Tongue. What does this mean? Is it a reference to Yiddish? thank you -- Nancy

Dear friends, I am looking for Julius ROTTENSTREICH born in 1905 in Czernowitz. He moved to Berlin and lived there during the 1930s. He then moved to Belgium. If you have any information regarding him

I would like any information regarding the Mereminski family from Slonim. Especially regarding Julius (Jude, Leib) Mereminski and his children Leiha and Benjamin (b. Ca 1906). Benjamin's wife was

Jef, If you think that Cewek is near Rozan than try this search. Go to: https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/Search.asp and, search for Rozan. Then look at the page for Rozan and see all the towns

Stuart, Try searching Leibovitz on Ancestry, and put Kiralyhaza in the field for birthplace. Then try putting Kiralyhaza in the search field for residence. That can give you different hits. Also, try

I am afraid that most of us are not very sophisticated when analyzing their DNA matches. While I can match all my first and second cousins, I can only match 7 out of 56 third cousins. The matches on

Hi! My name is Maia and I am from Argentina. I am trying to know about my family history, that may have been Jewish. My great grandmother MARIA SCHVARTZ came to Argentina around 1912 at the age of 2-3

What time are the classes? Sally Horn

I asked a relative in Israel to send me a gedcom of her tree on MyHeritage. She asked me whether I wanted version 5.5 or 5.5.1. This the first time I have heard about there being versions of

Milton, Have you searched for records from Trembowla at: https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Ukraine/ Also, try searching surname SELZER at FamilySearch and/or Ancestry database, and put Trembowla in

I for one am happy they got rid of all the noise. My 250,000 matches have now been pared to a much more manageable 180,000. More significantly, it seems -- perhaps my imagination? -- that the

Seeking information about my uncle Mendel Wolf BLAU born Mar 7, 1891 in Kolbuszowa Poland. My mother says she met her uncle Mendel in London after the war on her way to America. I have found no

My great uncle on my mother's side was Sergiu Godeanu (born Goldenzweig in Bucharest, Romania in 1896). I have found only one reference to a Sergiu Godeanu here on JewishGen and nowhere else. I know

Hi Stuart There is a group on the Facebook: Jews from Мукачево-Munkács-Mukačevo-Munkatsh https://www.facebook.com/groups/218852678140904 You can try to post this question there. Best

My great-grandparents on my mother's side of the family were Nathan and Rita (Ritta) Goldenzweig who lived in Bucharest, Romania. I cannot find any reference to them on JewishGen or on MyHeritage.com

Replying to David Rosen suggestion regarding Cewice: Cewice (Zewitz) was not in Poland prior to the end of WWII. This region: Pomorze (German: Pomerania) was allocated by USSR to Poland as the

I got tired of scrolling looking for these - so I went to the shared cM tab and put in 19 cM to 20 cM and they opened right up. Everything above 8 is still there. I am personally having problems

Daniela, Have you contacted Paul's grandson, Nicolas Frédéric Jan Stransky ? https://www.geni.com/people/Nicolas-Stransky/6000000010877743587 Peter Lowe

My mistake, Joseph. The second email does bring up the correct one. Sorry about that. And also sorry that I can't begin to make out that handwriting. Good luck! Peter Strauss

“When the month of Elul arrives, you immediately sense the special atmosphere that has enveloped the town, the atmosphere of the approaching Yamim Noraim, or Days of Awe.” So begins “On the